阅读理解。 Item 1: JK Rowling, the Harry Potter author, has signed a publishing
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release her first ever novel for adults. The deal means that Rowling"s long-standing relationship with
Bloomsbury, the London-based publisher that launched the Harry Potter books, has come to an end,
at least in terms of new works by the author. Rowling, who is worth an estimated ?530 million, said
that the new novel will be nothing like the Harry Potter series, which sold over 30 million copies in the
UK alone. She said that with the move from children"s to adult fiction, a move to a new publisher
seemed like a logical step. [More]
Item 2: China"s hurdler Liu Xiang was disqualified Thursday at the Stockholm indoor athletics
tournament due to false start, giving his rival Dayron Robles of Cuba an easy win of 7.66 seconds. Liu
was not willing to explain the reason of his false start, but he told Xinhua that it was not related to his
foot injury. Another Cuban Orlando Ortega followed in 7.68 seconds and Balazs Baji of Hungary stood
third in 7.70 seconds. Last Saturday, Liu won the men"s 60m hurdle final in 7.41 seconds at the
Birmingham indoor tournament, setting a new Asian record. He said Wednesday that he hoped to have
an even better performance than he did in Birmingham at the Stockholm indoor tournament. [More]
Item 3: Former NBA star and current Bobcats owner Michael Jordan filed suit in a Chinese court
against Qiaodan Sports Company Limited, a sportswear and footwear manufacturer, for the use of his
name without permission. Jordan says "This complaint is not about money, it"s about principle and
protecting my name." The Chinese company has registered and uses the name "Qiaodan". Jordan has
been known in China since he gained widespread popularity in the mid-1980s. [More]
Item 4: A commuter train crashed at a busy central station in Buenos Aires on Wednesday, killing
49 passengers and injuring more than 600 people, the deadliest in a series of train accidents in Argentina
over the past years. The train crashed at about 8:30 a.m. at its final stop at the Once Station, not far from
downtown Buenos Aires. The train was carrying more than 800 passengers and traveling at an estimated
16 miles per hour when it entered the station, slamming into the barrier of the platform, destroying the
engine. [More]
B. Bloomsbury
C. Little Brown
D. We don"t know
B. 7.66
C. 7. 68
D. no result
B. Liu Xiang"s false start is because of his foot injury.
C. Jordan complains not only about money but protecting his name.
D. The train" speed is about 16 miles per hour when it entered the station.
B. Liu Xiang won the men"s 60m hurdle final at the Birmingham tournament.
C. Michael Jordan is the owner of Qiaodan Sports Company Limited.
D. There about 800 passengers injured on the crashed train.
B. Guidebook
C. Magazine
D. Website
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appeared in more than 800 commercials (商业广告) for the hamburger chain named for his daughter.
"As long as it works," he said in 1991, "I"ll continue to do those commercials."
Even though he was successful, Thomas remained troubled by his childhood. "He still won"t let anyone
see his feet, which are out of shape because he never had proper-fitting shoes," Wendy said in 1993.
Born to a single mother, he was adopted as a baby by Rex and Auleva Thomas of Kalamazoo in
Michigan. After Auleva died when he was 5, Thomas spent years on the road as Rex traveled around
seeking construction work. "He fed me," Thomas said, "and if I got out of line, he"d beat me."
Moving out on his own at 15, Thomas worked, first as a waiter, in many restaurants. But he had
something much better in mind. "I thought if I owned a restaurant," he said, "I could eat for free." A
956 meeting with Harland Sanders led Thomas to a career as the manager of a Kentucky Fried Chicken
restaurant that made him a millionaire in 1968.
In 1969, after breaking with Sanders, Thomas started the first Wendy"s Old Fashioned Hamburgers,
in Columbus, Ohio, which set itself apart by serving made-to-order burgers. With 6,000 restaurants
worldwide, the chain now makes $ 6 billion a year in sales.
Although troubled by his own experience with adoption, Thomas, married since 1954 to Lorraine,
66, and with four grown kids besides Wendy, felt it could offer a future for other children. He started the
Dave Thomas Foundation (基金会) for Adoption in 1992.
In 1993, Thomas, who had left school at 15, graduated from Coconut Creek High School in Florida.
He even took Lorraine to the graduation dance party. The kids voted him Most Likely to Succeed.
"The Dave you saw on TV was the real Dave," says friend Pat Williams. "He wasn"t a great actor or a
great speaker. He was just Joe Everybody."
B. The dream of Dave Thomas.
C. The schooling of Dave Thomas.
D. The growth of Dave Thomas"s business.
B. He had caring parents.
C. He stayed in one place.
D. He didn"t go to school.
a. graduated from high school
b. started his own business
c. became a millionaire
d. started a foundation
e. met Harland Sanders
B. a, e, c, b, d
C. e, c, b, d, a
D. a, e, b, c, d
B. Dave was ordinary
C. Dave was showy
D. Dave was shy
in China. With mainly Chinese artifacts off exhibition, the museum was founded on Jan 18,l 997. It was
not well. known by the public until 2008.
On Jan l,2008,Ma Weidu was invited to be the guest in the flagship CCTV program "Lecture Room".
He talked about his museum and more importantly, he introduced Chinese artifacts and their underlying
historical, cultural significance.
In 2009,Ma Weidu initiated the Beijing Guanfu Cultural Foundation. Creating a cuulture foundation
had been Ma"s dream for many years. The Beijing Guanfu Cultural Foundation is committed to spreading Chinese traditional culture, funding the development of Guanfu Museum, heritage research and
conservation projects, building a platform for public culture, promoting and guiding the public in the spirit
of"charity&culture sponsorship (赞助)".
Guanfu Museum is currently located at N0.18 Jinnan Road, Zhangwanfen, Dashanzi, Chaoyang district, Beijing. But due to the city planning, it has to move. Guanfu Museum,which has experienced relocation
for three times,is now looking for a new place. According to Mr. Ma,it should be around 20,000-30,000
square meters.
B. Ma Weidu was invited to lecture by Guanfu Museum.
C. The public were attracted by Chinese artifacts on exhibition.
D. Guanfu Museum, the first private museum in China was founded fifteen years ago
B. has to hold a new exhibition
C. has to move to a new place
D. has to be enlarged
B. Museums
C. Culture Relics
D. Chinese Culture
1961 in Pukerua Bay, New Zealand. He liked to take photographs, so a family friend bought the young
Jackson a super 8mm camera (照相机). He has been a filmmaker even since. At age nine he even
attempted to remake his favorite film, King Kong, using his own stop-motion effect.
Unlike many of the filmmakers working today, Jackson never went to film school. Instead he created
his own short films with the help of family and friends. He was turned down for a job at the National Film Unit, New Zealand"s government agency that produces tourist films about the country. With that door
closed, Jackson began working other jobs to support himself, while shooting shorts on the weekend.
One of these weekend films, changed from its original (原来的) ten minutes length into a feature film.
The project took four years to complete (1983-1987) and was called Bad Taste.
After the success of Bad Taste, Jackson became recognized as a director and the door to fame and
fortune was opened. He gave up his job at a local photographer"s shop and became a well-known
director of horror-movies. The Lord of the Rings (指环王) trilogy (三步曲) is obviously a huge
landmark in Jackson"s career, not only did the films become some of the most commercially successful
of all time, but they have also lifted Jackson to the top of the Hollywood pecking order. His digital effects
company, WETA Digital, became one of, if not the most respected effects company in the world;
similarly, Jackson has also expressed an interest in returning to his roots and directing some lower cost
platter films again.
B. show us Peter Jackson is a most well-known directors
C. tell us there is a famous person in New Zealand
D. tell some film stories made by Peter Jackson
B. 1961
C. 1969
D. 1970
B. has been working as a director since 1968
C. never went to school
D. is a well-known director of horror-movies
B. Peter Jackson had to be lifted high to make films
C. Peter Jackson gained a high position in Hollywood
D. The Lord of the Rings trilogy made films in Hollywood famous
B. the author doesn"t express his opinion about Peter Jackson.
C. Peter Jackson was born on June 25, 987, in British
D. the author thinks little of Peter Jackson and his films very much.
his amazing abilities.
He has only been having piano lessons for four months, and practices four hours a week, but he has
already played difficult classical pieces. He was just seven when he sat down at the piano, and could play
at once. He also says he never gets nervous.
When Shane was three years old, he said that he could play the piano, but nobody took him seriously. At school, he could listen to the teacher and do his work while composing (作曲) in his head. Shame
remembers all the melodies (旋律), and when he gets home he plays them on the piano, while his father
records them. Shane loves playing the piano, and when he grows up he wants to be a composer.
His tutor, Richard Goffin-Lecar, says he is like Amadeus Mozart, who lived during the 18th century
in Salzburg, Austria, and was one of the most famous composers ever. Mr. Goffin-lecar says, "I don"t
teach Shane very much. I just give him directions, then sit back and watch."
His father, a single parent with two other children, says that although he has little money, he wants to
send Shane to a good music school. "I"m a single father, but I have this gifted child. I don"t have much
money, but I want to give him the best teachers, and also take him into a studio to record."
B. At age ten.
C. At age seven.
D. At age four.
B. He can compose in his head while doing his work.
C. He wants to be a piano tutor when he grows up.
D. He doesn"t like to listen to the teacher at school.
B. He"s a single father with two children.
C. He believes in Shane"s talent for music and will support him.
D. Not having enough money, he will ask the teachers for help
anniversary of the poet"s birth, the meme, "Du Fu is busy," is spreading through the Internet and turning
the iconic poet into a figure of fun.
A meme is a cultural phenomenon. It"s an idea or image that somehow strikes a chord with Internet
users and prompts them to comment on it, change it, or use it in different situations. In Du"s case, the
meme is a picture of the poet taken from a textbook. The picture shows a very serious Du sitting on a
rock, clothed in loose robes. His chin is pointed resolutely upward and his eyes gaze calmly into the
distance. It is a picture of a man with a great mind and a heroic spirit.
That image is changed in the meme. Du Fu is now seen holding a gun or listening to an iPod or
dressed as a Japanese cartoon character. In today"s world, it seems fewer people respect great minds
or heroic spirits.
This is sad because it means we are losing our sense of idealism. Du Fu led a life of poverty and
humiliation. I visited his thatched cottage in Chengdu and imagined the hardship he endured: the loneliness, the cold, and the hunger. Yet, hardship didn"t kill his spirit, and his great poetry reflects his inner strength.
Internet users may find that giving Du Fu the business is entertaining, but it cannot diminish his
greatness. And that enduring image of greatness is the one that truly matters.
B. getting busier and busier
C. becoming a successful businessman
D. being made to look foolish
B. Critical.
C. Doubtful.
D. Neutral.
B. Du Fu is no longer a famous poet.
C. Du Fu is getting the business.
D. Du Fu has become a new hero.
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